DEP submits major plan to protect Jamaica Bay as a wildlife habitat.DEP DEP Deposit DEP Deputy DEP Department of Environmental Protection DEP Dependent DEP Departure DEP Depot DEP Deposition DEP deployed (US DoD) DEP Data Execution Prevention (computer security) has submitted its Draft Jamaica Bay Jamaica Bay, c.20 sq mi (50 sq km), SW Long Island, SE N.Y., separated from the Atlantic Ocean by Rockaway Peninsula; the Rockaway Inlet links it to the sea. The shallow bay has many islands, and its shores are generally marshy. Watershed Plan, which outlines a comprehensive set of potential management strategies to improve the water quality and ecological integrity of Jamaica Bay, to Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Quinn. The plan represents months of comprehensive research and extensive dialogue with City stakeholders under the auspices of a Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection The term watershed refers to an area of land that drains precipitation that falls on it to a common point. These points could be streams, lakes, etc. Precipitatoin falling on any part of a watershed can travel quickly on the surface of the land, known as surface runoff, or travel through Plan Advisory Committee (the "Advisory Committee"). Jamaica Bay is a 39 square mile water body with a broader watershed of approximately 142 square miles that includes portions of Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau County Nassau County is the name of two counties in the United States of America:
The Bay is a diverse ecological resource that supports multiple habitats, including open water, salt marshes, grasslands, coastal woodlands, maritime shrublands and brackish brack·ish adj. 1. Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket" and freshwater wetlands. These various habitats support 91 fish species, 325 species of birds and many reptile, amphibian amphibian, in zoology amphibian, in zoology, cold-blooded vertebrate animal of the class Amphibia. There are three living orders of amphibians: the frogs and toads (order Anura, or Salientia), the salamanders and newts (order Urodela, or Caudata), and the and small mammal species. The Bay is a critical stop for birds along the Eastern Flyway flyway: see migration of animals. migration route and has become an internationally renowned birding destination. Portions of the Bay, most notably the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, have been designated as Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats by the federal and state governments. The Draft Plan consists of two major portions, one mandated and one voluntary. The mandated portion outlines over 75 strategies for addressing ecological issues in Jamaica Bay, and divides these strategies into five key categories; Water Quality; Ecological Restoration and Enhancement; Public Use and Enjoyment; Sound Land Use and Development; and Public Education and Outreach. The voluntary portion of the Draft Plan collects existing literature and research on Jamaica Bay into a single volume, which will serve as an important reference guide during implementation of the Final Watershed Plan. A Final Watershed Protection Plan will be completed in October, 2007. |
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